Peel for heating-furnaces



(No Model.)

's. M. GUSS. vPEEL FOR HEATING FURNACES.

No. 402,588. Patented May '7, 1889.

WITAIIELSSES. m VENTOHY A TYTORIVVVEX UNITED STATES SAMUEL PATENTOFFICE.

M. GUSS, OF POTTSTOWN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JACOB S.

AMMON, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

PEEL FOR HEATING-FURNACES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,588, dated May 7,1889.

Application filed March 24:, 1888. Serial No. 268,329- (No model.)

of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPeels for Heat ing-Furnaces; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had'to the accompanying drawing, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus intended more particularly to beused for-charging heating-furnaces with metallic piles, ingots, blooms,&c., and for" withdrawing the same.

It consists in a construction which permits the peel, whether light orloaded, to be suspended in equilibrium, if desired; also, in details ofconstruction, as fully set forth and claimed herein.

The drawing shows a side elevation, partly in section, of my apparatussuspended from above the roof of a furnace to which it is supplying apile of metal to be heated.

I-I represents an ordinary heating-furnace with charging-door H The pileL is shown in position on the blade J of the peel, ready to be loweredto the bottom H of the furnace. This blade, which may be eight incheswide, (more or less,) is rectangular in section, and is secured to thepeel-bar J by pushing one end into a socket, J and pinning it, as shown,or in any equivalent manner which will permit the blade to be readilymoved and replaced. The peel-bar J 'is provided at its opposite end witha toothed quadrant, J and is pivoted at A to the bent arm A, which risesvertically and then bends to about a right angle over the roof H of thefurnace, while at the bottom it is bifurcated and bent at about rightangles in the opposite direction, the peel-bar J, to which the blade issecured, being adapted to swing vertically in the bifurcatedextension-arm A. A worm, K, on a vertical shaft, K, with hand-whee1 K issupported in the closed end of this extension-arm and adapted to. gearwith the toothed quadrant J ,and the guide-handle B, with the usualcross-piece near its far end, is also securely fastened to theextension-arm A. A counterbalance-weight, D, is adj ustably supported onthe horizontal slide-bar 0, projecting from the upper bend of the arm A.The latter is suspended at one of the points A about vertically abovethe center of pile L, to a swivel, E, adapted to run on an overheadtrack or crane-jib, G.

The operation of my apparatus is as followsi The peel when light may bebalanced by adjusting the weight D so that the blade J will naturallyhang in about a horizontal position, and as the center of load L isadapted to come about vertically under the point of suspension thisequilibrium may be approximately maintained with any weight of pile. Inorder to raise or lower the blade J without changing the horizontalposition of the guide-handle, the hand-wheel K may be turned in theproper direction, and the worm K, acting upon the toothed quadrant Jwill effect the desired object.

The steel blade J, which is exposed very frequently to the intense heatof the furnace, may be readily reversed or replaced without aflectingthe remainder of the apparatus. The weight, being suspended inequilibrium, may be handled and guided with a much smaller force of menand with greater speed and safety than with a form of peel such as iscommonly used, which requires a large force of men merely to balance theweight of the pile in transferring it to and from the furnace.

I do not wish to confine myself to the construction shown in thedrawing, the gist of my invention consisting in movably suspending thepeel, so that whether light or loaded it will be approximately inequilibrium, and in making the blade adjustable vertically independentlyof the guide-handle.

I am aware that Patent No. 134,151 shows a bent bar, by means of whichthe pivotal point of the peel is introduced into the furnace incharging. This, however, is not adapted to support the load inequilibrium, and I do not desire to claim such a construction.

What I desire to secure by Letters Patent are the following claims:

1. An apparatus for charging furnaces, con= sisting of a peel secured toa bent arm movably suspended at a point vertically above a weight on thepeel-blade J, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. An apparatus for charging furnaces, consisting of a peel secured to abent arm movably suspended at a point vertically above a Weight on thepeel-blade J, and a counterbalance, D, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the movably-suspended bent arm A, having aguide-handle, of a blade, J, pivoted to said arm and adapted to beraised or lowered Without moving said arm, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

SAMUEL M. GUSS.

Witnesses:

JOHN O. CLEMENS, L. H. DAVIS.

